Mark Wystrach (born December 17, 1979) is an American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

musician and actor. He is the lead singer of the country band Midland.

Biography

Wystrach, a native of

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, attended

Salpointe Catholic High School Salpointe Catholic High School is a co-ed Catholic high school in Tucson, Arizona run by the Carmelite Order. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson. History Salpointe Catholic High School is named for Arizona's first Bishop, Jean ...

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from 1994 to 1998. Wystrach proposed to his girlfriend Ty Haney on May 28, 2019. Wystrach and Haney got married on October 8, 2019. On November 21, 2019, they welcomed a baby girl Sundance "Sunny" Leon. On December 5, 2021, they welcomed a baby boy. His sister,

Alex Flanagan Alex Flanagan (née Wystrach; born September 22, 1973) is an American sportscaster. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona. She began her career as a news reporter and anchor and began covering sports in 1998. She has worked for networks ...

, is a sports journalist that has worked for multiple networks.

Acting and modelling career

Wystrach played the role of

Fox Crane Fox Crane is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV soap opera ''Passions'' and was portrayed by Justin Hartley from December 16, 2002—February 10, 2006, and Midland lead singer Mark Cameron Wystrach from February 14, 2006, to September 7, ...

on the

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Passions ''Passions'' is an American television soap opera that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007, and on DirecTV's The 101 Network from September 17, 2007, to August 7, 2008. Created by screenwriter James E. Reilly and pro ...

'' from 2006–2007 before the show moved to

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in September 2007. He had a cameo role in ''

CSI: Miami ''CSI: Miami'' (''Crime Scene Investigation: Miami'') is an American police procedural drama television series that ran from September 23, 2002 until April 8, 2012 on CBS. Featuring David Caruso as Lieutenant Horatio Caine, Emily Procter as Dete ...

'' (season 6, episode 11). He played Nolan and Vic Fraiser, aka Kamen Rider Wrath, in the television series '' Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight''. In 2017, Wystrach took the title role in the movie ''Johnny Christ''. He also portrayed country singer

Gary Paxton Gary Sanford Paxton (born Larry Wayne Stevens; May 18, 1939 – July 17, 2016) was an American record producer, recording artist, and Grammy and Dove Award winning songwriter. Paxton was a member of Skip & Flip and the Hollywood Argyles and was ...

in the 2021 film, '' The Eyes of Tammy Faye''. He was also signed to IMG Models as a model.

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